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The Digital Silk Road

China's Quest to Wire the World and Win the Future

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The Digital Silk Road

By: Jonathan E. Hillman
Narrated by: James Fouhey
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Its vast infrastructure projects now extend from the ocean floor to outer space, and from Africa's megacities into rural America. China is wiring the world, and in doing so, rewriting the global order.

As things stand, the rest of the world still has a choice. But the battle for tomorrow will require America and its allies to take daring risks in uncertain political terrain. Unchecked, China will reshape global flows of data to reflect its interests. It will develop an unrivalled understanding of market movements, the deliberations of foreign competitors, and the lives of countless individuals enmeshed in its systems. Networks create large winners, and this is one contest that democracies can't afford to lose.

Taking listeners on a global tour of these emerging battlefields, Jonathan Hillman reveals what China's digital footprint looks like on the ground, and explores the dangers of a world in which all routers lead to Beijing.

©2021 Jonathan E. Hillman (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK
Asia China Politics & Government Imperial Japan
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